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{{quote|''Exacerbating the situation, [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] said, is the seemingly arbitrary placement of the hazards. "I could see why, if you're in a [[Eternal Engine|factory]], you might find yourself jumping around on dangerous conveyor belts moving in different directions," he said. "But why would you have conveyor belts in a [[Big Fancy Castle|castle]]? Or in the middle of a [[The Lost Woods|forest]]?"''|''[[The Onion]]'', [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28338 "Video-Game Characters Denounce Randomly Placed Swinging Blades"]}}

{{quote| [[Captain Obvious|Does this conveyor change direction?]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Let's Play) Sonic 2006|No... but YOU will!]] }}

In real life, conveyor belts, escalators, moving walkways and similar conveyances are part of certain specialized environments, and serve the function of moving things in a convenient direction. In video games conveyor belts can show up anywhere: in the middle of a forest, in underground catacombs, etc. These belts don't move in a logical direction. They dump pedestrians into bottomless pits. Multiple conveyor belts move in opposite directions to trap players.

Occasionally overlaps with [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]], which may get adapted into this trope in [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]]s.

* ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' series

** Those who have played ''[[Mega Man 2 (Video Game)|Mega Man 2]]'' will immediately think of Metal Man.

** And Flame Mammoth for those who played ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]''.

* ''[[Code Name: Viper (Video Game)|Code Name Viper]]'''s drug warehouse has them which can lead you to the [[Spikes of Doom|spikes]].

* In ''[[Jackie Chans Action Kung Fu (Video Game)|Jackie ChansChan's Action Kung Fu]]'', Jackie encounters these most notably in an [[Temple of Doom|ancient temple]] with [[Schizo-Tech|surprisingly modern technology]] while punching and kicking his way through [[Everything Trying to Kill You|everything]].

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'', an incredibly annoying boss battle occurs on one.

* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series:

** The final stage of ''[[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' consists almost ''entirely'' of series of conveyor belts (some [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom|Of Doom]], some not).

** A couple fortresses in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 3]]'' feature them. They freeze when a POW switch is activated.

** ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' has several ground pieces that spin, and usually hide pipes from rushing players.

* ''[[Ratchet and& Clank (Video Game)|Ratchet and Clank]]'' - Both [[Ratchet and& Clank 2002 (Videovideo Gamegame)|the original]] and ''[[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando|Going Commando]]'' have movement sensitive conveyor belts. When Ratchet's moving on them they sense his direction and move to speed him on his way.

** The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'' level Quartz Quadrant contains conveyor belts that scroll with no particular rhyme or reason. There are places where adjacent belts scroll towards each other. The boss of that level makes full use of an [['''Inconveniently-Placed Conveyor Belt]]''' to throw you into [[Spikes of Doom]]. {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|The conveyor belt is actually the key to defeating the boss, as the belt wears away at the bottom of Robotnik's machine. Sonic simply needs to keep the conveyor belt going, while avoiding the bombs that Robotnik drops from the ceiling.]]}}

** ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (Videovideo Gamegame)||Sonic 2006]]''. The only conveyor belts in the game switch direction for no particular reason, dropping whatever is unfortunate enough to be placed on them down a level-wide [[Bottomless Pit]].

** From ''[[Sonic 3D: BlastFlickies' Island]]'', the Gene Gadget stage is filled with these. Much like the Quartz Quadrant example above, that boss also utilizes one of these.

** Scrap Brain Zone from the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for both the Genesis and Gamegear have conveyors, as well as escalators (which were originally diagonal conveyors in the beta).

** ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Video Game)|Sonic 3]]'' has pulleys that are held onto. The top typically moves you rightwards and the bottom leftwards.

** Eggmanland from [[Sonic Unleashed (Video Game)|Sonic Unleashed]] had super-fast conveyor belts pushing you backward, as well as laser walls along the belts that you had to jump over or duck under. Not to mention the bombs that were carried along the conveyor belts.

** Casino Night Zone from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' was apparently planned to have these, as they can be seen in the most famous beta version of the game... wait a minute, they're in the final too, they just look different!

** Final Egg from ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]]'', anyone? THESE conveyor belts also tried to move you towards dangerous things, most of which were [[Spikes of Doom|sharp]].

* ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow (Video Game)|Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'' has a habit of taking this trope and laughing at you with it. Conveyor belts are not all too common in the game, but once you meet them, they make you wish they did not exist. The belts alone are not dangerous, it is the combination of being attacked, risk of getting stoned and landing in a spike pit. Not fun especially since a stoned character takes a crapload of damage from the spike pits.

* ''[[Stinkoman 20 X 6 (Video Game)|Stinkoman 20 X 6]]'' has a couple, but none are more inconvenient than the ones on Stlunko, the Level 3 boss.

* ''[[Little Big PlanetLittleBigPlanet]]'' has these in [[Scrappy Level|the Bunker]], surrounded by electricity. And then there's the wheel, which is similar, in that it's a big rotating wheel and you are inside it. Surrounded by electricity.

* There were a few in old 8-bit computer games such as ''Infernal Runner'' and ''[[Jet Set Willy (Video Game)|Jet Set Willy]]''. Interestingly, the belts in ''Jet Set Willy'' made the player character ''walk'' them instead of dragging him.

* ''[[Double Dragon]]'' and it's sequel([[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|s]]) are rife with these towards the end, when they turn into [[Unexpected Gameplay Change|platform games]].

* ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]'':

** ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]] 2'' had a few of these, mostly in the factory levels.

** As did ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]] 4'', also in the factory levels (annoying when at one health and trying to climb a set of conveyor belts with enemies on), and ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]: Shake It!''

* This is one of the items placable in custom maps for ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', giving the player the option of placing them inconveniently when building a sadist stage.

* ''[[Haunting Ground (Video Game)|Haunting Ground]]'' had one during one of the last boss fights. It doubled as both an instant [[Death Trap]], and as the only way to kill the boss, by getting him onto it.

* ''[[VVVVVV (Video Game)|VVVVVV]]'' has lots of them too.

* ''[[Soul Blazer]]''

** "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Konveyor Rope]] Klash" in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 3''.

* They're found in ''Super [[Meat Boy (Video Game)|Meat Boy]]''.

* ''[[Jumper (Videovideo Gamegame)|Jumper Two]]'' has a lot of them in [[Eternal Engine|Sector 6]]. The [[Level Editor]] that comes with the game allows for putting conveyor belts in as well.

* ''[[Purple (Video Game)|Purple]]'' has several conveyor belts, some of them including timing puzzles..

* Mines in ''[[Moon Crystal (Video Game)|Moon Crystal]]'' have conveyor belts hanging usually midair.

* Most conveyor belts in ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' have an ostensible function ("The Turret Redemption Lines are not rides. Please exit the Turret Redemption Line."), but one in particular, late in the game, is deliberately set up this way as a [[Death Trap]]. Or, as the [[Big Bad]] puts it, more of a [[Better to Die Than Be Killed|"death option"]], as opposed to confronting him in his lair, where he will most definitely kill you. If you wait, he spends upwards of three or four minutes trying to convince you to fall for it, and is very pleasantly surprised if you do.

* ''[[Persona 2]]'' has the Abandoned Factory which is full of random, still-operating conveyor belts. Some seem to be logically placed in loading areas for moving heavy items to and from storage, while others exist just to provide one-way paths blocking off sections of the factory, teasing you with their presence until you're high enough level to open the doors into those other sections.

* ''[[Shatterhand (Video Game)|Shatterhand]]'' in the oil refinery.

* Featured in the ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' game, as well as the ''Temple of Doom'' portion of ''[[Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (Video Game)|Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures]]''.

* [[Down in Thethe Dumps|Effluvia]] and [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|Telos]] in ''Adventures of Rad Gravity'' are full of these, especially the latter. The former also has a [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] you have to rescue your [[Robot Buddy]] from.

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